Troop `surge' last hope for Bush?
U.S. president faces calls to flood Iraq with forces
May be chance to claim he brought stability to nation
Nov. 18, 2006. 04:34 AM
TIM HARPER
WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON—In a country convulsed with the search for a way out of Iraq, a new buzzword is suddenly competing with the clamour for phased withdrawals, strategic redeployments and drawdowns.
Surge.
It may seem counterintuitive, but there are calls — including one from the man who could be the next U.S. president — to flood Iraq with thousands more American troops, a so-called surge, in one last bid to win a war that looks more and more unwinnable.
Such a short-term surge of troops could be the last gasp for U.S. President George W. Bush to claim he at least brought stability to Iraq, enough stability to declare victory, get out of the country with some honour and close the history books on a mission which fell far short of his lofty goal of exporting democracy to the Middle East.
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